Jess Asato was elected Labour MP for Lowestoft in July 2024, defeating Conservative Peter Aldous, the long serving incumbent for the previous Waveney constituency, with a majority of 2,016 votes, a 4.8 percent margin. Lowestoft was re established at the 2024 election following boundary changes that abolished the Waveney constituency Aldous had held since 2010; Asato had originally been selected as Labour's Waveney candidate on 24 February 2023 before the constituency change. Her victory made her the first ever female MP for the seat.